Bridgeport man shot during fight

Frank Juliano

Updated 11:41 pm, Monday, August 11, 2014

BRIDGEPORT -- A man was shot in the groin during a fight that involved several people Monday morning on Pennsylvania Avenue, police said.

The man lives three doors away from the yard where the fight took place, witnesses said.

He was brought to Bridgeport Hospital in a private car, and his injuries were not considered life-threatening, said William Kaempffer, the police spokesman. An ambulance brought another person to the hospital, but it wasn't immediately clear if that individual was also involved in the fight.

Police were careful not to call the man who was shot a "victim" at this stage of the investigation, and witnesses gave conflicting accounts of what the fight was about and who started it.

At least three men sat handcuffed on the porch of a Pennsylvania Avenue house Monday while they were questioned by police. The names of the man who was shot and others who might have been involved were not released by police.

Kaempffer said no arrests had been made.

Gunshots were reported in the quiet neighborhood near Beardsley Park shortly after 10:30 a.m. Officers at first had called for a police dog to track suspects, but canceled that request after the investigation began.